Al-Qaida's No 2 urges Pakistan uprising

A TAPE purportedly recorded by Ayman al-Zawahri, the No 2 in the al-Qaida terror group, called Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a traitor yesterday and urged people to get rid of his government.

Fri, 26 Mar, 2004 - 00:00

Sarah El Deeb, Cairo

The audiotape was broadcast by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera.

The speaker, who sounded like al-Zawahri, also called for a military uprising in Pakistan.

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